The document discusses the importance of keeping peace in the family through love as taught by Jesus and commanded throughout the Bible. Several passages are cited that instruct believers to love one another as Christ loved us, avoid causing divisions, stimulate each other to love and good works, be devoted to one another, and dwell together in unity. Maintaining harmony and peace through biblical love in the family and among believers is presented as a key teaching and commandment of Scripture.

2. So he sent his brothers away, and as they departed, he said to them,
"Do not quarrel on the journey."
- Genesis 45:24 NASB
KEEPING PEACE IN THE FAMILY

3. 12 “This is My commandment, that you love one another, just as I have
loved you. 13 Greater love has no one than this, that one lay down his
life for his friends.”
- John 15:12-13 NASB
KEEPING PEACE IN THE FAMILY: Jesus' Command Before Leaving His
Disciples

4. 34 “A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another,
even as I have loved you, that you also love one another. 35 By this all
men will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one
another.”
- John 13:34-35 NASB
KEEPING PEACE IN THE FAMILY: Jesus' Command Before Leaving His
Disciples

5. 7 Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God; and everyone
who loves is born of God and knows God. 8 The one who does not
love does not know God, for God is love. 9 By this the love of God was
manifested in us, that God has sent His only begotten Son into the
world so that we might live through Him. 10 In this is love, not that we
loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation
for our sins. 11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one
another. 12 No one has seen God at any time; if we love one another,
God abides in us, and His love is perfected in us.
- I John 7:7-12 NASB
KEEPING PEACE IN THE FAMILY: Christ Taught Us the Meaning of Love

6. 15 So when they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter,
“Simon, son of John, do you love Me more than these?” He said to
Him, “Yes, Lord; You know that I love You.” He said to him, “Tend My
lambs.” 16 He said to him again a second time, “Simon, son of John,
do you love Me?” He said to Him, “Yes, Lord; You know that I love
You.” He said to him, “Shepherd My sheep.” 17 He said to him the third
time, “Simon, son of John, do you love Me?” Peter was grieved
because He said to him the third time, “Do you love Me?” And he said
to Him, “Lord, You know all things; You know that I love You.” Jesus
said to him, “Tend My sheep.”
- John 21:15-17 NASB
KEEPING PEACE IN THE FAMILY: Jesus' Command to Peter

7. 1 Therefore, I exhort the elders among you, as your fellow elder and
witness of the sufferings of Christ, and a partaker also of the glory that
is to be revealed, 2 Shepherd the flock of God among you, exercising
oversight not under compulsion, but voluntarily, according to the will of
God; and not for sordid gain, but with eagerness;
- 1 Peter 5:1-2 NASB
KEEPING PEACE IN THE FAMILY: Peter's Command to Elders/Pastors

8. 17 Now I urge you, brethren, keep your eye on those who cause
dissensions and hindrances contrary to the teaching which you
learned, and turn away from them. 18 For such men are slaves, not of
our Lord Christ but of their own appetites; and by their smooth and
flattering speech they deceive the hearts of the unsuspecting.
- Romans 16:17-18 NASB
KEEPING PEACE IN THE FAMILY: The Need for Elders/Pastors

9. 20 If someone says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for
the one who does not love his brother whom he has seen, cannot love
God whom he has not seen. 21 And this commandment we have from
Him, that the one who loves God should love his brother also.
- I John 4:20-21 NASB
KEEPING PEACE IN THE FAMILY: We Cannot Claim to Love the Lord
While We Harbor Hatred for our Brother

11. The Bucket List

12. Simon Peter, a bond-servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who
have received a faith of the same kind as ours, by the righteousness of
our God and Savior, Jesus Christ:
- 2 Peter 1:1 NASB
KEEPING PEACE IN THE FAMILY: “To them that have obtained like
precious faith with us” (KJV)

13. Now I exhort you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that
you all agree and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be
made complete in the same mind and in the same judgment.
- 1 Corinthians 1:10 NASB
KEEPING PEACE IN THE FAMILY: “That you all agree”

14. 1 And I, brethren, could not speak to you as to spiritual men, but as to
men of flesh, as to infants in Christ. 2 I gave you milk to drink, not solid
food; for you were not yet able to receive it. Indeed, even now you are
not yet able, 3 for you are still fleshly. For since there is jealousy and
strife among you, are you not fleshly, and are you not walking like mere
men?
- 1 Corinthians 3:1-3 NASB
KEEPING PEACE IN THE FAMILY: Avoid Jealousy and Strife

15. But the goal of our instruction is love from a pure heart and a good
conscience and a sincere faith.
- 1 Timothy 1:5 NASB
KEEPING PEACE IN THE FAMILY: “The Goal of Our Instruction is Love”

16. Be devoted to one another in brotherly love; give preference to one
another in honor;
- Romans 12:10 NASB
KEEPING PEACE IN THE FAMILY: “Be devoted to one another”

17. 24 and let us consider how to stimulate one another to love and good
deeds, 25 not forsaking our own assembling together, as is the habit of
some, but encouraging one another; and all the more as you see the
day drawing near.
- Hebrews 10:24-25 NASB
KEEPING PEACE IN THE FAMILY: Stimiulate One Another to Love and
Good Works

18. 2 make my joy complete by being of the same mind, maintaining the
same love, united in spirit, intent on one purpose. 3 Do nothing from
selfishness or empty conceit, but with humility of mind regard one
another as more important than yourselves; 4 do not merely look out
for your own personal interests, but also for the interests of others. 5
Have this attitude in yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus.
- Philippians 2:2-5 NASB
KEEPING PEACE IN THE FAMILY: Follow Christ's Example of Love

19. 1 Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brothers to dwell
together in unity! 2 It is like the precious oil upon the head, coming
down upon the beard, even Aaron’s beard, coming down upon the
edge of his robes. 3 It is like the dew of Hermon coming down upon the
mountains of Zion; For there the Lord commanded the blessing—life
forever.
- Psalm 133 NASB
KEEPING PEACE IN THE FAMILY: Dwelling Together in Unity

20. Ramesses II
Spent 20 years
building
Abu Simbel
temples
Built his tomb in
The Valley of
the Kings

21. Most people
spend more
time
planning
their one
week
vacation
than they
do planning
for eternity!

22. But God said to him, “You fool! This very night your soul is required of you; and
now who will own what you have prepared?” - Luke 12:20